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Fernandel (1903–1971)

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The apocryphal biography of Fernand Contadin tells the invention of his artistic name Fernandel by his sister-in-law ("Voici le Fernand d'elles"). At the beginning of the thirties he became a typical actor of the comedy genre: popular, common, likable and with a concealed grain of drama. Marc Allégret was the director of his first successful film La meilleure bobonne... See full bio »

Born:

Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Died:

(age 67) in Paris, France
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1970 Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Antonin
 
1970 Don Camillo e i giovani d'oggi (short)
Don Camillo
 
1969 Freddy (TV movie)
Freddy
 
1968 The Man in the Buick
Armand Favrot
 
1968 Una tranquilla villeggiatura
 
1967 L'amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand (TV series)
Fernand
– La cleptomane (1967) … Fernand
– La princesse russe (1967) … Fernand
– La valise (1967) … Fernand
– La vicomtesse (1967) … Fernand
– Le coup de fil (1967) … Fernand
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1966 Paris ist eine Reise wert (TV movie)
Detective
 
1966 Father's Trip
Quantin
 
1966 Your Money or Your Life
Charles Migue
 
1965 Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo
 
1965/I Gala 65 (TV movie)
Komiek
 
1964 That Tender Age
Adolphe Lartigue
 
1964 Relaxe-toi chérie
François Faustin
 
1963 La cuisine au beurre
Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais
 
1963 Good King Dagobert
Monsieur Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
 
1963 Blague dans le coin
Jeff Burlington
 
1963 The Trip to Biarritz
Guillaume Dodut
 
1962 Il cambio della guardia
Attilio Cappelaro
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Dieu / God (segment "Un seul Dieu tu adoreras")
 
1962 Assassin in the Phonebook
Albert Rimond
 
1961 Dynamite Jack
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
 
1961 The Last Judgment
The widower
 
1961 Don Camillo monsignore ma non troppo
Don Camillo
 
1961 Cocagne
Marc-Antoine
 
1960 The Boss
Justin Migonet
 
1960 Croesus
Jules
 
1959 The Cow and I
Charles Bailly - prisonnier de guerre
 
1959 The Woman's Confidant
Giuliano Goberti
 
1959 Gangster Boss
Antoine Venturen
 
1958 Vines of the Lord
Henri Lévrier
 
1958 La vie à deux
Marcel Caboufigue
 
1958 The Law Is the Law
Ferdinand Pastorelli
 
1958 Paris Holiday
Fernydel
 
1957 Easiest Profession
Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin
 
1957 Sénéchal the Magnificent
François, Lucien Sénéchal
 
1957 The Man in the Raincoat
Albert Constantin
 
1956 The Virtuous Bigamist
Paul Verdier
 
1956 Honoré de Marseille
Honore de Marseille
 
1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
French Coachman
 
1956 Don Juan
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
 
1956 Fernandel the Dressmaker
Fernand Vignard
 
1956 Le téléphone (short)
 
1956 L'art d'être papa (short)
 
1955 Don Camillo e l'on. Peppone
Don Camillo
 
1955 Spring, Autumn and Love
Fernand 'Noël' Sarrazin
 
1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba
 
1954 The Sheep Has Five Legs
Édouard Saint-Forget/Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré et Etienne
 
1954 Mam'zelle Nitouche
Célestin/Floridor
 
1953 The Most Wanted Man
Joe Calvet
 
1953 The Return of Don Camillo
Don Camillo
 
1953 Carnaval
Dardamelle
 
1953 The Wild Oat
Félicien Hébrard - le boulanger
 
1952 Forbidden Fruit
Dr. Charles Pellegrin
 
1952 French Touch
Marius, dit Mario
 
1952 The Little World of Don Camillo
Don Camillo
 
1951 The Red Inn
The Monk
 
1951 The Hunting Ground
Urbain Coindet
 
1951 Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité
Adhémar Pomme
 
1951 Boniface somnambule
Victor Boniface
 
1951 Topaze
Albert Topaze
 
1950 Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres
Luc
 
1950 Meurtres
Noël Annequin
 
1950 Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Fortuné Richard
 
1950 Three Feet in a Bed
Casimir
 
1950 I'm in the Revue
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
 
1949 On demande un assassin
Bob
 
1949 The Heroic Mr. Boniface
Boniface
 
1948 The Cupboard Was Bare
Alfred Puc
 
1948 Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Martial
 
1948 Emile the African
Emile Boulard
 
1946 Coeur de coq
Tulipe
 
1946 Pétrus
Pétrus
 
1946 L'aventure de Cabassou
Cabassou
 
1946 Hoboes in Paradise
Pons
 
1945 Naïs
Toine
 
1945 St. Val's Mystery
Désiré Le Sec
 
1944 Un chapeau de paille d'Italie
Fadinard
 
1943 Adrien
Adrien Moulinet
 
1943 Love Around the Clock
Antonin
 
1943 Ne le criez pas sur les toits
Vincent Fleuret
 
1943 Une vie de chien
Gustave Bourdillon
 
1943 La bonne étoile
Auguste
 
1942 Small Kidneys
Astier
 
1942 Simplet
Simplet
 
1941 Le club des soupirants
Antoine Valoisir
 
1941 L'acrobate
Ernest Sauce
 
1940 La nuit merveilleuse
Le berger
 
1940 The Well-Digger's Daughter
Félipe Rambert
 
1940 Monsieur Hector
Hector
 
1940 The Mondesir Heir
Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux
 
1939 Fric-Frac
Marcel
 
1939 Berlingot and Company
François Arnaud - un forain marchand de berlingots
 
1939 The Five Cents of Lavarede
Armand Lavarède
 
1939 Raphaël le tatoué
Modeste Manosque, alias Raphaël
 
1938 Ernest the Rebel
Ernest Pic
 
1938 Tricoche et Cacolet
Tricoche
 
1938 Barnabé
Barnabé
 
1938 Heartbeat
Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
 
1938 Hercule
Hercule Maffre
 
1937 Harvest
Urbain Gedemus
 
1937 Les rois du sport
Fernand
 
1937 Dance Program
Fabien Coutissol
 
1937 Ignace
Ignace Boitaclou
 
1937 Les dégourdis de la 11ème
Patard
 
1937 Francis the First
Honorin
 
1937 Josette
Albert Durandal aka Albertal
 
1936 Un de la légion
Fernand Espitalion
 
1935 Ferdinand le noceur
Ferdinand Piat
 
1935 Jim la houlette
Moluchet
 
1935 Les gaîtés de la finance
Marivol Lambinet
 
1934 Le cavalier Lafleur
Fernand Lafleur
 
1934 L'hôtel du libre échange
Boulot
 
1934 The Bread Peddler
Billenbuis
 
1934 Adémaï aviateur
Méchelet
 
1934 Angele
Saturnin
 
1934 Les bleus de la marine
Lafraise
 
1934 Une nuit de folies
Fernand
 
1934 La garnison amoureuse
Paul, le 'deuxième classe'
 
1934 Le train de huit heures quarante-sept
Croquebol
 
1934 Le chéri de sa concierge
Eugene Crochard
 
1933 The Orderly
Étienne
 
1933 Le jugement de minuit
Sam Hackitt
 
1933 Le gros lot
 
1933 Love and Cool Water
Eloi
 
1933 Ça colle
 
1933 Le coq du régiment
Medard
 
1933 Lidoire (short)
Lidoire
 
1932 Un homme sans nom
Julot
 
1932 Les gaîtés de l'escadron
Vanderague
 
1932 Pas de femmes
Casimir
 
1932 He
Isidore
 
1932 Lilac
Le garçon d'honneur
 
1932 Une brune piquante (short)
 
1932 Un beau jour de noces
Gustave Dupied
 
1932 La terreur de la pampa (short)
Billy Forster
 
1932 Quand tu nous tiens, amour (short)
 
1932 Ordonnance malgré lui
Alfred Leveneux
 
1932 Comme une carpe
Chatelard - le mari volage
 
1932 La claque
 
1932 Maruche (short)
Maruche
 
1932 Par habitude
Valentin Bourgeasse
 
1932 Vive la classe
Moussin
 
1931 The Darling of Paris
Ficelle
 
1931 Baby's Laxative
Truchet
 
1931 Black and White
Le groom vierge
 
1931 Pas un mot à ma femme (short)
Jules
 
1931 La fine combine (short)
Joseph
 
1931 Bric à Brac et compagnie
Fernand
 
1931 J'ai quelque chose à vous dire (short)
L'amant
 
1931 Attaque nocturne (short)
L'amant
 
1930 La meilleure bobonne (short)
Lucien Pivoine
 
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2007 Les grands du rire (TV series)
– Episode dated 1 December 2007 (2007) (performer: "Félicie aussi")
 
2002 Monsieur Batignole (performer: "Elle a tout ça")
 
1963 La cuisine au beurre (performer: "La Caissière du Grand Café")
 
1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (performer: "Ali-Baba")
 
1951 Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (performer: "Le rire est un instant divin" original song)
 
1943 Adrien (performer: "Adrien", "Voulez-vous m'aimer", "Prenez-moi")
 
1942 Simplet (performer: "On m'appelle Simplet", "Chanson du suicide")
 
1941 Le club des soupirants (performer: "J'aime toutes les femmes", "Je connais des baisers")
 
1940 The Mondesir Heir (performer: "J'suis discret")
 
1939 Berlingot and Company (performer: "Pourquoi tu me vexes Victor?", "T'aimer une demi-journée", "La chanson du forçat")
 
1937 Josette (performer: "C'est la fête à tante Aurore", "Célestine")
 
1935 Ferdinand le noceur (performer: "Quand on est obligeant", "Faut tout prendre du bon côté")
 
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1971 Le chat (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 The Horse (producer - uncredited)
 
1970 Happy He Who Like Ulysses (producer - uncredited)
 
1968 Pasha (producer - uncredited)
 
1968 The Man in the Buick (producer - uncredited)
 
1966 Father's Trip (producer - uncredited)
 
1964 That Tender Age (producer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (3 titles)
Show ShowSelf (10 titles)
1970 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 37ème gala de l'union des artistes (1970) … Himself
 
1968 Le palmarès des chansons (TV series)
Himself - Main guest
– Episode dated 14 March 1968 (1968) … Himself - Main guest
 
1968 Monsieur Cinéma (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 22 January 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1967 Fernandel (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1957-1963 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 16 February 1963 (1963) … Himself
– Episode dated 2 December 1961 (1961) … Himself
– Episode dated 29 November 1958 (1958) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 January 1958 (1958) … Himself
– Episode dated 25 April 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1960 Estoril y sus fiestas (documentary short)
Himself
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Don Quixote / Himself
– Around the World in 90 Minutes (1957) … Himself (also archive footage) / Don Quixote (also archive footage)
 
1956 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.5 (1956) … Himself
 
1956 The Bob Hope Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.5 (1956) … Himself
 
1950 La nuit des étoiles (short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2011 An Intimate History (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
 
2006-2007 Les grands du rire (TV series)
 
2006 C'est bon pour le moral (TV series)
 
2004 Le cinéma de Jean Giono (video documentary)
Himself
 
2004 À la recherche de la folle perdue (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (TV documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1994 Kleiner Mann ganz groß (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
1977 Ciné Follies (documentary)
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
Himself
 
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Fernandel was mentioned in the Camus novel "The Stranger" as the director of a movie the main character had gone to see after his mother's death. When this later came up in his trial, the courtroom was aghast that he'd gone to see such a film under those circumstances. See more »

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